Over $50 bln lost to software piracy,Bangladesh had the highest software piracy rate

[killer343]

i honestly think nothing is wrong with piracy! i know peoples eye balls will pop out but the only reason i support it is because piracy makes things AFFORDABLE for the common man! it actually removes the divison of society! if all windows XP were only original then only rich people would be having it while not so well of people would have to make do with windows 95 till today!!!!

& this is not about software only it applies to everything!

very nice view I hope you become S/W developer or film director and after years of effort you make a movie or s/w and on next day you found pirated copy of these product on street.I just want to know your feeling at that moment.Its not about about come price its all about the efforts and time you devoted

 

[Patriot]

Piracy is absolutely alright.If software vendors are so much worried about piracy then they should sell their software at low prices to third world countries.Who can afford 200$+ software when their whole monthly income is 300-400$ and thats not including the poor who only earn 150 ~ 200$ per month.

 

[killer343]

Piracy is absolutely alright.If software vendors are so much worried about piracy then they should sell their software at low prices to third world countries.Who can afford 200$+ software when their whole monthly income is 300-400$ and thats not including the poor who only earn 150 ~ 200$ per month.

Thats why you have such a big Movie,Songs and Software industry

 

[Patriot]

Thats why you have such a big Movie,Songs and Software industry

You just can't resist taking shots at Pakistan.Tell me how many people in India can buy 500$+ worth of software?The local software vendors if they market the software to local population keep the price reasonable.Don't tell that bollywood sells its movie for 50$ a pop.

 

[Kinshuk]

Piracy is absolutely alright.If software vendors are so much worried about piracy then they should sell their software at low prices to third world countries.Who can afford 200$+ software when their whole monthly income is 300-400$ and thats not including the poor who only earn 150 ~ 200$ per month.

You'll never be able to develop like this.

What do you think these softwares are so expensive for no reason?
It takes a lot of hardwork and money to develop a software and when it is gone for a toss, everything is carried forward to loss accounts. If third world countries cannot afford it, they shouldn't use it.

 

[Kinshuk]

You just can't resist taking shots at Pakistan.Tell me how many people in India can buy 500$+ worth of software?The local software vendors if they market the software to local population keep the price reasonable.Don't tell that bollywood sells its movie for 50$ a pop.

Yes, not many then they shouldn't also.

But now things are improving, most of the private company employees understand that. Still huge population is using pirated softwares. That is just a shame.

 

[Skies]

Yes, not many then they shouldn't also.

But now things are improving, most of the private company employees understand that. Still huge population is using pirated softwares. That is just a shame.

How piracy is shame for the middle class and poor people although we understand that software engineers have to work hard to develop the softwares?

BTW, You are saying that piracy is shame but if still that huge Indian population wouldn't use pirated software then India couldn't be developed like today either.

 

[prodevelopment]

How piracy is shame for the middle class and poor people although we understand that software engineers have to work hard to develop the softwares?

BTW, You are saying that piracy is shame but if still that huge Indian population wouldn't use pirated software then India couldn't be developed like today either.

Piracy is a shame because, well, it's a CRIME!!!

Think of those who have worked hard to develop these products. How can you just blatantly copy it without paying any royalty? It is the most fundamental principles on which our society is based. If you do not pay them, there will be lesser incentive for them to do more R&D. Everyone suffers because of that.

Why don't you use free OS and softwares like Linux?

And regarding your point about development, well, open theft might bring you development, but it'll bring your credibility down in front of your peers.

 

[hal-fgfa]

Piracy is a shame because, well, it's a CRIME!!!

Think of those who have worked hard to develop these products. How can you just blatantly copy it without paying any royalty? It is the most fundamental principles on which our society is based. If you do not pay them, there will be lesser incentive for them to do more R&D. Everyone suffers because of that.

Why don't you use free OS and softwares like Linux?

And regarding your point about development, well, open theft might bring you development, but it'll bring your credibility down in front of your peers.

yes its a crime

but wht u think about anti-virus companies who produce virus .. so tht people buy their product in large no...
in case of antivirus companies i dont considered piracy as a crime
its my personal views

 

[ghazi52]

yes its a crime

but wht u think about anti-virus companies how produce virus .. so tht people buy their product in large no...
in case of antivirus companies i dont considered piracy as a crime
its my personal views

True.
Anti-virus companies are producing virus.

 

[Kinshuk]

How piracy is shame for the middle class and poor people although we understand that software engineers have to work hard to develop the softwares?

BTW, You are saying that piracy is shame but if still that huge Indian population wouldn't use pirated software then India couldn't be developed like today either.

You are talking piracy in general. Middle class population can afford softwares which are used in their daily life. In 18000 INR you can buy a portable with original windows on it. So how is it expensive? What expensive softwares are you talking about? Maya? Well I don't see that general public should need that kinda software.

It's a shame. India is not developing because of pirated softwares. Please clear this stigma.

 

[Kinshuk]

yes its a crime

but wht u think about anti-virus companies how produce virus .. so tht people buy their product in large no...
in case of antivirus companies i dont considered piracy as a crime
its my personal views

Well it's a good counter question, but anti-virus is just one of the softwares, alone it doesn't represent the whole software industry.

 

[Fracker]

You'll never be able to develop like this.

What do you think these softwares are so expensive for no reason?
It takes a lot of hardwork and money to develop a software and when it is gone for a toss, everything is carried forward to loss accounts. If third world countries cannot afford it, they shouldn't use it.

So far Microsoft concern, give me single software name which is not copied or started from some free opensource software

btw i prefer to have opensource products then buying pirated dvd

 

[Evil Flare]

I Love Piracy .. why ??

Rs 7000 Windows 7 ??? who will pay this amount , if he earns only 10 K a month?

its the software developers problem .. the rate should be Rs 300 .. so then people will buy the original copy otherwise no one will buy in Developing Countries ..

 

[Awesome]

Over $50 bln lost to software piracy:
SINGAPORE: Software piracy cost technology companies more than 50 billion dollars around the world last year, with Asia accounting for the largest share of losses, an industry report said Tuesday.

Despite successes in the fight to protect intellectual property rights, on average 43 percent of software used in computers worldwide in 2009 was pirate, from 41 percent the year prior, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) said.

Worldwide, piracy losses reached 51.4 billion dollars in 2009, with 16.5 billion dollars of this in the Asia-Pacific, the annual report found.

The deluge of counterfeits was largely due to the growth of the personal computer market in Brazil, India and China, the group, which has a base in Singapore, said.

However, last year's losses worldwide were three percent down from 2008 while the rate of pirated software use fell in 54 economies, remained steady in 38 and rose in 19.

The average piracy rate in Asia-Pacific was 59 percent, which means that of the more than 900 million units installed last year, more than 530 million were unlicensed, said Victor Lim, a vice president at IDC, which carried out the study with the software alliance.

Bangladesh had the highest software piracy rate in Asia, followed by Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Vietnam, with China and India also among the most prominent culprits.

"This study makes clear that while efforts to bring down piracy levels in the Asia-Pacific are enjoying some success, dollar losses at over 16.5 billion (dollars) remain the highest in the world," said Jeffrey Hardee, BSA's vice president and regional director.

"This is unacceptable and there is still much to be done to engage governments, businesses and consumers on the risks and impact of software piracy."

The BSA said that for every 100 dollars of legitimate software sales in 2009, another 75 dollars-worth of unlicensed programmes were sold.

Ex-Soviet state Georgia was the world's top pirate user, with 95 percent of all software deemed illegal.

That was followed by Zimbabwe (92 percent), Bangladesh (91 percent), Moldova (91 percent), Armenia, and Yemen (90 percent).

The United States had the lowest piracy rate with 20 percent, followed by Japan (21 percent), Luxembourg (21 percent), New Zealand (22 percent) and Australia (25 percent).

Singapore was the only Southeast Asian economy in the report's list of the 30 economies with the lowest piracy rates.

Hardee said that apart from global technology giants, small and medium firms, including those in Asia are being affected by software theft as it prevents them from growing domestically and expanding overseas.

He said at a media briefing that a 10-percentage point reduction in the software piracy rate over four years in Asia-Pacific would "directly contribute" 41 billion dollars to the region's economies.

It will also create 435,000 jobs, generate another 5.4 billion dollars in taxes and increase revenues to local vendors by 33 billion dollars.

"There is a compelling case here for governments to bring down piracy levels," Hardee said.

In an interview with a French news agency after the briefing, Hardee said companies using bootleg computer programmes, rather than individuals, were inflicting the heaviest damage.

"Surprisingly, quite a few listed companies are caught using pirated software. They just have unsophisticated or no software management policies in place," he said. "It's quite shocking."

The News.

It is a myth that software piracy is rampant in Pakistan just because it is freely available to the home user. The big companies anyway earn their bucks from volume licensing options sold to large corporations in Pakistan.

For example every bank in Pakistan easily has over 10,000 employees. Each with a PC, each with some flavor of Windows. Banks run hundreds of servers, lets say each with windows servers, for which each of those 10,000 windows 7 users need Client Access Licenses (CALs) to access. Then database servers and cals for them, then multi-core, multi-processor servers which have their own licensing options.

They can't keep pirated software there, there is regular audits from state bank and other international audit firms which then give them a very public rating. A poor rating and companies like Microsoft, Oracle won't even grant them volume licensing options.

So just because the Software on media is available means nothing. Hafeez Center in Lahore and Rainbow Center in Karachi does not equal to a large piracy bazaar. To really put software to commercial use chances are you're somehow going to be forced to pay for the software licenses.

Thats why nowadays Oracle, Microsoft and almost every other company gives off their software for free to try it out as long as you don't put it for commercial use.